what do you think about this welfare thing
By tictactams
@tictactams (135)
Australia
May 6, 2007 12:25am CST
i think this is utter bull that you cant no longer smack your child in anyway if you do welfare threatin to take them away i belive there is nothing wrong in smacking a child on the hand after a third warning to teach them its wrong / naughty in young children olders one well no point time out works well and taking away there games but this is just wrong i belive there is parents out there that go to far but come a light smack on the hand dont hurt to my belief i wonder how many welfare workers do have kids prob not many
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3 responses
@brendalee (6082)
• United States
6 May 07
I believe that a parent should be able to discipline their child as they see fit, as long as they don't go overboard. To me a slap on the hand is okay. I remember as a child, I was spanked all the time but we learned to listen and respect our parents. Now adays, it seems as if kids don't care and I think a big reason is because they know we really can't do anything to them or else they will call child protective services.
@tictactams (135)
• Australia
6 May 07
your not wrong there i have five kids 12,10,8,6, & 12 weeks my three oldest know that if they get a smack to tell school and welfare is straight around threating to take your kids you dont even have to smack them either if a child is pissed of with you they can just say you did they dont have to prove its true us parents have to prove we didnt my oldest kids are getting hard to control cause kinda getting scared to displine them in any sort of way cause what they can do
@tanniebabe78 (2934)
• United States
6 May 07
In our family, when we threatened this, we got handed the phone and told that if we thought there was a better home out there somewhere, then go ahead and call. We'd be missed, but whatever spot we found ourselves in after leaving their care would be our fault not theirs.
Suffice it to say, not one of us 9 kids ever did call....
@castleghost (1304)
• United States
6 May 07
I think that the government is over stepping their boundries. A parent should be able to discipline their children the way that they see fit to. A minor slap on the back of a childs hand isn't going to kill the child. That is the problem with todays youth. The are told that if their parents lay a finger on them that they are being abused. Everyones definition of abuse is different.
@mememama (3076)
• United States
6 May 07
You can discipline without using physical force. Smacking is not necessary. I was raised without it and I turned out great, and I'm doing the same with my son. A light smack on the hand has been shown to hinder development of exploring http://www.askdrsears.com/html/6/t062100.asp
Maria Montessori, one of the earliest opponents of slapping children's hands, believed that children's hands are tools for exploring, an extension of the child's natural curiosity. Slapping them sends a powerful negative message. Sensitive parents we have interviewed all agree that the hands should be off-limits for physical punishment. Research supports this idea. Psychologists studied a group of sixteen fourteen-month-olds playing with their mothers. When one group of toddlers tried to grab a forbidden object, they received a slap on the hand; the other group of toddlers did not receive physical punishment. In follow-up studies of these children seven months later, the punished babies were found to be less skilled at exploring their environment. Better to separate the child from the object or supervise his exploration and leave little hands unhurt.
